Fourth World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Glasgow (1984)

FIDELITY ELECTRONICS LD. INC was an American company, founded in 1959, bought in March 1970 by Sidney and Myron Samole. From 1976, Fidelity Electronics developed and manufactured dedicated chess computers. On February 21, 1984, FIDELITY ELECTRONICS LD. INC filed its petition for relief under Chapter 7 of Bankruptcy Code and transferred its ownership to FIDELITY COMPUTER PRODUCTS INC. becoming later FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL,INC. Their computers won the first four World Microcomputer Chess Championships: London 1980 (Chess Challenger ), Travemünde 1981 (Fidelity X), Budapest 1983 (Elite A/S), and Glasgow 1984 (Elite). They won 4 consecutive years the United States Open Computer Chess Championships (Mobile, Alabama) in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988. Sold in 1989 to Hegener & Glaser. Fidelity disappeared definitely in 1992.
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Fourth World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Glasgow (1984)

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#	Name	                      Cat.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	P	BU	SB	G
1	Psion	                      E	8w1	16b1	2w1	3b0	6b1	4b=	5w=	5 	31 	21¼	7
2	Princhess  X	              E	6b1	17w1	1b0	12w=	9b1	3w1	4w=	5 	29½	20¼	7
3	Elite X	                      E	4b=	18w1	9b1	1w1	5b=	2b0	11w1	5 	29½	19¾	7
4	Mephisto   A	              C	3w=	10b1	15w1	5b=	12b1	1w=	2b=	5 	29½	19¾	7
5	Conchess X	              E	11w1	15b=	17b1	4w=	3w=	6b=	1b=	4½	28 	17 	7
6	Elegance				C	2w0	19b1	16w1	11b1	1w0	5w=	15b1	4½	24 	11¾	7
7	Elite Y	                      E	15w0	11b=	19w1	13b=	16w1	9b=	14b1	4½	19½	11¾	7
8	Private Line	              C	1b0	bye1	11w0	19b1	18w=	13b1	16b1	4½	17½	7¾	6
9	Mephisto C	              C	10w1	13b=	3w0	15b1	2w0	7w=	12b1	4 	27½	13¾	7
10	Sargon3/Apple	              C	9b0	4w0	18b1	14w1	13w1	11b0	19b1	4 	22 	9½	7
11	Mephisto B	              C	5b0	7w=	8b1	6w0	17b1	10w1	3b0	3½	29½	13¼	7
12	Sargon3/MacIntosh	      C	16w0	14b1	13w1	2b=	4w0	15b1	9w0	3½	25 	11 	7
13	Conchess Y	              E	18b1	9w=	12b0	7w=	10b0	8w0	bye1	3 	23 	6¾	6
14	Intelli. Chess Software     E	17b0	12w0	bye1	10b0	19w1	18b1	7w0	3 	18 	3½	6
15	Colossus 2.1	              E	7b1	5w=	4b0	9w0	bye1	12w0	6w0	2½	26 	6¾	6
16	L'Empereur	              C	12b1	1w0	6b0	17w=	7b0	bye1	8w0	2½	24½	4¾	6
17	Sargon3/Compaq	      C	14w1	2b0	5w0	16b=	11w0	19b1	18b0	2½	22 	5¼	7
18	Orwell	                      E	13w0	3b0	10w0	bye1	8b=	14w0	17w1	2½	22 	4¾	6
19	Chessnut 3	              N	bye1	6w0	7b0	8w0	14b0	17w0	10w0	1 	23 	0 	6


Winners:
- commercial Experimental: World Microcomputer Champion (All categories): Fidelity Elite XMephisto S(A), Princhess X, Psion Chess
- commercially available: World Microcomputer Champion (Commercial): Mephisto S(A)
- non-commercial: World Microcomputer Champion (Amateur): Chessnut 3

Reference: https://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=co ... 48&lang=en

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